Wild Salmon w Brown Butter Lime Sauce

I recently dined at Le Bouchon here in Chicago and had a salmon dish that influenced my recipe! Wild caught salmon is the least "fishy" tasting variety and has numerous health benefits. I guarantee kids and adults will love this recipe! Kids will eat anything they help you prepare.

BROWN BUTTER is liquid gold; it gives depth to any recipe! When a baking recipe calls for butter, brown it and you will love the added caramel like flavours.

Recipe serves 4 adults
Ingredients
4 6-8 oz similar size and thickness wild caught salmon fillets  
4 T high quality unsalted butter
6 T high quality olive oil
2 tsp raw blonde honey
1 light shake cayenne pepper (optional)
6 T juice of 3-4 limes, buy more limes to use as garnish (optional)
1/4 C white or regular balsamic vinegar (optional)
1 container organic grape tomatoes
1 bunch asparagus
2-4 cloves garlic
Salt & pepper

Cooking Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Wash and prep veg - mince garlic, cut grape tomatoes in half, cut ends off asparagus and set aside in saute pan w 3 T olive oil, salt and pepper.
- In baking dish, non stick spray, 3 T lime juice, salt and pepper. Pat dry the salmon fillets and season well both sides w salt and pepper. Put in oven for 15-20 min depending upon size. *You can turn oven to broil to brown the top side of salmon last 3 min (optional).

- While salmon cooks, in a sauce pan, melt the butter until browned. **Butter will foam/splash and then suddenly stop when browning begins. Do not walk away during this process. Take off heat when you see light brown bits in pan. See photo below.
- Take browned butter off heat, add 1-2 cloves garlic, 1 T olive oil, 2T lime juice, honey, 1 shake cayenne (optional), salt and pepper. Taste. 
- Pull salmon out of oven and spoon a little of the butter sauce on fillets reserving half for serving and bake for remaining time.
- Also saute your veg on medium for 8 min. Stir throughout and add balsamic at 5 min (optional). It will bubble and then reduce. Taste asparagus for doneness (See photo below).

BON APPETIT!